LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
What is impossible for man is possible with Me. Trust Me with everything you have and are, and I will give you My Kingdom.
LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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GOD'S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
What is impossible for man is possible with Me. Trust Me with everything you have and are, and I will give you My Kingdom.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Matthew 19:23–30
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
The Great Exchange
Jesus’ “camel through a needle’s eye” is meant to sound impossible. Matthew’s Greek uses trēma rhaphidos—the tiny hole of a sewing needle—paired with kamelos (camel), creating an image of absurdity that underlines the point: salvation cannot be engineered by human strength or status. Some ancient manuscripts read kamilos (“rope”), which keeps the same punchline—either way, it won’t fit. The disciples’ shock reflects a common assumption in the first century: wealth = divine favor. Jesus upends that math and centers grace—“with God all things are possible.”
Peter’s honest “What will there be for us?” meets promise, not reproach: the hundredfold and eternal life, yet framed by the Kingdom’s great reversal—“the first will be last.” The path isn’t mere loss; it’s exchange. We loosen our grip on lesser securities to receive the King Himself.
Bring this home. Parents, name the “loads” that slow your family’s following—screens, schedules, image, control. In Jesus’ Name, pray over your spouse and children. Renounce fear, greed, and false security. Ask the Holy Spirit for freedom to “travel light,” so Christ clearly holds first place in your home.
“Jesus enjoins his disciples to prefer him to everything and everyone… The precept of detachment from riches is obligatory for entrance into the Kingdom of heaven.” (CCC 2544)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Greatest Treasure: Where might material security or comfort be competing with your trust in God?
Travel Light: What one “load” (habit, expense, screen, schedule) could you lay down this week to follow Jesus more freely?
The Great Exchange: How is Jesus asking you today to trust His promise of “a hundred times more” in place of your own safety net?
FAMILY LIVE IT
As a family, choose an item that symbolizes security (bank statement, keys, favorite device). Place it on the table. Each person names one attachment they want Jesus to rule over. Then lay hands and pray aloud:
“Lord Jesus, You are our greatest treasure. Over [name], we renounce anything that competes with Your love. Fill them with freedom to follow You, trusting that You will give far more than we could ever imagine. Come, Holy Spirit!”
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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